Guess what? Today is officially National Chocolate Cake Day (which basically means that every other day is unofficially chocolate cake day, no caps involved).

And to celebrate, Naturally Nora, a manufacturer of all-natural, no-creepy-ingredient cake mixes, has kindly offered up a sweet prize for one lucky reader: a parcel containing a box of their chocolate cake mix, a box of their chocolate frosting mix, and a box of brownie mix.

Having sampled these sweet mixes for myself during my week of birthday cake making, I can attest that they are highly delicious--and everyone knows that for a quick fix, it's fun to use a mix. (Yes, I just made that up)

How do you put yourself in the running? Simply leave a comment below stating your favorite type of chocolate cake. Perhaps it's German chocolate? Or Black forest? Or a simple chocolate birthday cake with fluffy buttercream frosting?

My family has what we call the Waldorf Astoria cake, the recipe for which my great-grandmother and her girlfriends bought from the chef at the Waldorf in New York. It's the only chocolate cake I actually like!

My current favorite chocolate cake (to which I was just introduced over the holidays) is Guinness cake with Jameson's ganache. Wow! It breezed right past my former favorite, Kahlua bundt cake. Hmm, do you see a pattern here?

My favorite chocolate cake is just a basic chocolate cake with a little powdered espresso thrown in to up the chocolatey-ness (I know it's not a word, but it's apt none-the-less). Frosted with a cream-cheese frosting with a little more powdered espresso for contrast and filled with chocolate truffle/mousse filling.

I LOVE the quick fudgy chocolate cake recipe from the Chocolate Holidays cookbook. So far it has been the best from scratch cake recipe I have tried. It has a great chocolate flavor and moistness that hits the spot. And it goes with any frosting flavor you can come up with.